18th Century British Literature: Development of the English Novel

Use online video to study poetry and prose of the 17th and 18th centuries and trace the development of the English novel. Use the video subtitles to improve Reading and Literacy skills .... simultaneously!

Use these History of British Literature videos entitled British Literature in 17th-18th Centuries and Development of the English Novel to study the poetry and prose of the 17th and 18th centuries and trace the development of the English novel, from this genre's forerunners to its formal beginnings.

Use our 2 online educational videos to survey the poetry and prose of the 17th and 18th Centuries and examine literary developments during the Age of Enlightenment, an era that witnessed the emergence of modern science and popular journalism.

Learning Objectives:

1. Survey the poetry and prose of the 17th and 18th centuries, and examine literary developments during the Age of Enlightenment, a period that witnessed the emergence of modern science and popular journalism.
2. Gain insight to the complex imagery and style of the Metaphysical poets and the elegant, witty sentiments favored by the Augustan poets, and explore their relationship to contemporaneous social, political, and intellectual currents.
3. Trace the development of the English novel, from this genre's forerunners to its formal beginnings with Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding, concluding with two major novelists of the early nineteenth century: Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott.
4. Examine the subjects and themes explored by early English novelists.

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• The 17th and 18th Centuries (Runtime: 26:29)
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